
Celebrating Museum Library Week with the OCLC RLP
In case you missed it, it is #MuseumLibraryWeek, hosted on social media by Thomas J. Watson Library (at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) and at Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Both …
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In case you missed it, it is #MuseumLibraryWeek, hosted on social media by Thomas J. Watson Library (at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) and at Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Both …
Read MoreOne of the contributions made by OCLC Research to its Museum Data Exchange project was the OAICatMuseum OAI-PMH repository software. OAICatMuseum is an extension to OCLC’s OAICat software that included …
Read MoreThe final report of the Museum Data Exchange grant will be released on the OCLC Research website later this month. As a first impression of key outcomes, I’ve posted the …
Read MoreLast night Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive unveiled his latest project in a venue suitable for any high priest or cult leader — a former Christian Science Church in …
Read MoreThe Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, more RLG Partners and others have participated in the Flickr Commons, all to try to leverage what’s become known as “crowdsourcing” — “the …
Read MoreEarlier this week, I heard Dr Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, speak as part of the Long Now’s Seminars About Long Term Thinking (SALT) series. In his talk, …
Read MoreThose of you in Austin for SAA might want to consider attending what promises to be a great panel presentation: SESSION 704 – Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Converging for Real …
Read MoreThe Smithonian just announced the release of its Web and New Media Strategy v 1.0 [pdf], which has come together swiftly in a process of marvelous openness and inclusion. As …
Read MoreThe phrase orphan works recalls the world of Oliver Twist, so perhaps it’s appropriate that JISC has just announced the publication of a UK report looking at the ‘orphan problem’ …
Read MoreWhenever the topic of digital image licensing comes up, I listen closely. While my eyes tend to glaze over when somebody tries to explain the legalese of it all to …
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